HUGE UPDATE!

I've been trying to post this all day, but it has been crazy. . .GRACIE GOT THE ARIEL DOLL! Sorry if this is TMI, but hopefully it is the last poopy post:) She had not gone since last Friday. I was really stressing, due to her past problems. Last night I did something I swore I would not do. . .I forced her to sit on the potty for a long time (like 30 minutes). We read, talked, discussed why this needed to happen as well as the consequences of it NOT happening. . .nothing. I was sure today was going to require drastic measures. This morning I doubled her Miralax dose, gave her oatmeal for breakfast and pretended I was not interested. While I was on a short phone call she wandered in to the bathroom and. . .WHA-LA! It was that simple. I screamed and clapped and danced around like an idiot (mostly since I would not have to give her an enema) and ran upstairs to get the prized Swimming Ariel doll. We ran a full bath and loaded her up with new batteries. I read the instructions, pushed the button and put her in the water. . .NOTHING! That $#!*(@ doll did not work! I was furious. My sweet baby had worked so hard to get this thing and it just laid there floating on her back. Gracie was still thrilled and immediately striped down to take a bath with her new toy. After much debate, she decided we could return her and look for something else. She clung to the doll all the way to the Customer Service Desk and kissed her goodbye in front of the worker. We shopped and shopped. She evaluated everything Target had to offer and finally settled with a bright pink make-up bag, eye shadow, glitter powder, nail polish, "diamond" nail stickers and 2 types of lip gloss. Sorry Daddy. . .I really could not say no and was just relieved that she finally walked away from the large (scary) BRATZ Doll head that let you do her hair and make-up. I also picked up a few other "happy's" like a bathtub Ariel doll that is not supposed to do anything but be waterproof, as well as a few new puzzles. I am so proud of her! I feel terrible that I may have made the situation more difficult. I feel like I can finally let go of this (even though I know accidents will happen) and let her take responsibility (like I've pretended to do for the last week). Obviously, she is much smarter than I give her credit and she knows that she is winning the power struggle. Now that the O.R. is not lingering over my head, I am ready to let go ~ whatever the result. I guess I should clarify. . .ready to let go of the potty training psycho that I had turned in to, NOT let go of my precious baby. . .I am stressing more than ever about letting her start preschool! You can keep praying for me on that one:)